The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-12-17


ION has arisen among the managers OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, owing to
the determination of President Roberts to
abolish rebates and drawbacks. Shippers all
over the country who have been discriminat-
ed against have begun action against the cor
poralion. Suits, aggregating about Sl,GoO.,-
co., for alleged discrimination have already !
been begun.
Nearly 1000 members of the Evangelical |
Alliance called at tile White House on Friday
of last week and paid their respects to the Pres
ident and Mrs. Cleveland William b, Dodge,
President ofthe Alliance, made Driefspeech,
to which Mr. Cleveland appropriately re-
sponded. Among those presented was Rev.
Dir. Burchard, of New York, of the Three
RS notorety The President said with
much fervor that he was Every glad TO see
him. which evoked laughter from the dele
gates.
At Reading, Penna., Gu Saturday, tank
of the Consumers Gas Company, containing
100. 900 gallons of naphtha oil and buried par
TALLY in the ground, sprang leak, and about
1000 gallons of the oil oozed into the cellars
! of Reighboring houses At night Howard
and Annie Walk. aged respectively 8 and g
wears, went into the cellar of their fathers
house with lighted candle, and an explosion
followed. Both children were terribly burn:
ed, their father was badly cut with glass, and
the house and an adjoining dwelling were
partially wrecked.
Mr.. Eustis, of Louisiana, on Monday intro
duced in the Senate bill which provides for
Joint celebration ut the National Capital in
1889 by the American republics, in honor of
the Centennial of the Constitution of the par
ent republic, the United States. 1t appro-
PIRATES $500, 900 to defray the expenses. The
bill was''introduced sin behalf Of the Nation
, al Board of Promotion. composed of Gov
errors of 80 States and Territories, 155 presi-
dents ard secretaries of boards of trade
6 throughout the United States, and other premi
nent citizens representing in all As States and
Territories.
| The carriage at Waddelfs shaft, neal
Wilkesbarre, Penna., used for hosting coal
f was lowered into the pit, 300 feet deep, or
h Saturday, with ten miners upon it. Wher
=. within 100 feet of the bottom the carriage be
came stationary and the rope began tc
sacken. Before the engineer could take W
:. the slack the carriage suddenly descended
!. throwing four of the men off, who fell to tn
). bottom of the pit. James, John and Hugl
e Monaghan were killed, and William Boyd AM
e John Blight fatally injured. Charles Conyng
h ham and John Lloyd were also badly hurt
e and the others bruised and cut about tn
e body.
II A telegram from San Francisco says tn
h death is reported from Whatcom, Washingto
$ Territory, of the notorious Rev. Isaac
5, KalIoeh. He was elected Mayor of Sa
le Francisco on the Workingmen' ticketin 1875
ID During the campaign he was shot by Charlie
IL De Young, at that time editor Of the Chron
ef Gle. The dispute grew out of of number {
nj personal attacks made by both parties.
lie few months later Kallochs son went to th
in Chronicle Office and shot De Young dead, an
be was afterwards acquitted of the charge
is murder. At the close of his term of Office
er Mayor Mr.. Kalloch removed to Washingto
Territory.
The President on Monday sent to the Sen
ate large batch of nominations, among theI
the following: Oscar S. Straus, of New Yorl
, Minister to Turkey; Alexander r. Lawton,
Georgia, Minister to Austria Hungary; Bayli
W. Hanna, of Indiana, Minister to the A
ni- gentine Republic; S. S. Carlisle, of Louisan
Is Minister to Bolivia; Jared l.. Rathbone,
IL California, Consul General at Paris; Charlie
x. II. Way, of Georgia, Consul General at
lis Petersburg; d. Lynch Pringle of South Car
lima, Consul at Constantinople; John G: Wal
r. er, of Texas, Secretary of Legation at Bogot
Tie Harold Mark Sewell, of New York. Cons
ng at Apia; Charles Chaille Long, Of New Yer
is Secretary of Legation in Corea; James
p, Quiggle, of Pennsylvania, Consul at Pc
all Stanley and St. Thomas, Ontario; G. brow
:, Good, Commissioner of Fish and Fsherie
liza Leigh W. Reid, of Virginia, Assistant Reg
lct ter of the Treasury.